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have been rich themsve the diversity of their people that is shi w fight that is also part of what our foreign policy tries to change with the historic rule of law to help with the justice system to create accountability. >> that we're still spending -- sending money if they were stealing and. >> i did not make that decision and i will certainly review any program we are engaged in now and if you have information of what we do now let me know immediately but one thing. all of this that we do senator paul is 1 penny on the dollar. i go through long list of things that we invest in i will give you an example we have stopped countless plots against our country, which had the fbi not cooperated and the cia and other entities and had not worked with the justice system's and interpol and the other things we work with we never would have done it. americans would have died and blown up and but for the discovery of the christmas bomber which came through these efforts we made our country safer. i have to tell you for the penny on the dollar will still ma t men even know yes something is abused just as
have been rich themsve the diversity of their people that is shi w fight that is also part of what our foreign policy tries to change with the historic rule of law to help with the justice system to create accountability. >> that we're still spending -- sending money if they were stealing and. >> i did not make that decision and i will certainly review any program we are engaged in now and if you have information of what we do now let me know immediately but one thing. all of this...
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one area that has been mentioned before is the foreign policy if not the military role of your brand in china in areas like socom. have you noticed that unity, not military, diplomatic, economic activity that both these countries quick >> the short answer is absolutely. to put a little meat on a bone, one of the things i'm supposed to be doing is making sure the united states rants apart archers of latin america. the partnership is a too late thing i you'd agree that it's very one-way now and they very much want the united states in their lives the exception of the two or three or four of them very much want the united states and allies. so we have great trading relationships, great military to military contact, but when you have an organization like the chinese come in the economically powerful, spending money, whether they're increasing infrastructure that pours, panama canal are buying everything that they want and large, large quantities. the partnership with china is very strong. they do the best they can to establish milk to build partnerships and they do pretty well on that. s
one area that has been mentioned before is the foreign policy if not the military role of your brand in china in areas like socom. have you noticed that unity, not military, diplomatic, economic activity that both these countries quick >> the short answer is absolutely. to put a little meat on a bone, one of the things i'm supposed to be doing is making sure the united states rants apart archers of latin america. the partnership is a too late thing i you'd agree that it's very one-way now...
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foreign policy. we will also take your calls and e-mails and tweets. each morning at seven eastern on c-span. >> 70,000 people have died since the protest of bashar al-assad and syria. there was a hearing on thursday. live coverage starts at 9:45 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> 34 years ago today, we began providing televised access to the everyday workings of congress and the federal government. the c-span networks were created by america's cable companies in 1979 and brought to you you as a public service by your television provider. >> edward demarco, the director of the federal housing finance agency testified on tuesday on the state of the housing market. and the future of fannie mae and freddie mac. this is two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order it without objection. the chair has authorized recess of the committee. at any time, the chair recognizes himself for two minutes for an opening statement. i would like to start off quoting from our witnesses testimony. few of us can imagine in 2008 that we wou
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more than ever foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. >> jennifer: the obama/kerry foreign policy doctrine might be it's the economy stupid, and in fact it is really a economic strategy. much of the violence was driven by individuals financial insecurity as a result of the poverty. look at the arab spring which economic grievances lead to political revolution. a fruit selling started that protest by lighting himself on fire. his protest lead to the oh eventually overthrow of a decade's long dictatorship, and since then life has improved for tunisian. here is one union worker describing the change. >> the main benefit of the revolution is the disappearance of the state of fear which was dominating a large spectrum of our population. >> jennifer: and even though fear was dominating there is still continued frustration with the new tunisian government's ability to lower unemployment. and then a similar scene is playing out in egypt. today marks the two-year anniversary of the reelectio
more than ever foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. >> jennifer: the obama/kerry foreign policy doctrine might be it's the economy stupid, and in fact it is really a economic strategy. much of the violence was driven by individuals financial insecurity as a result of the poverty. look at the arab spring which economic grievances lead to political revolution. a fruit selling started that protest by lighting himself on fire. his protest...
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. >> a foreign policy breakthrough for president obama and the world. an unprecedented agreement with iran. >> iran is bent on building. >> the nuclear issue is is a problem. >> my central goal is to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons. >> the u.s. and its allies signed an historic agreement. >> these are substantial limitations. >> this deal freezes iran's nuclear program. >> and it allows for daily inspections. >> daily inspections of iran's nuclear facilities. >> which will help prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. >> the deal is already being criticized. >> this interim deal is dangerous. >> partisan bickering is the background noise. >> questioning the big deal that president obama made. >> the first true dialogue in 34 years. >> this is a process mplgt. >> as a first time presidential candidate in 2008, president obama promised that foreign policy would focus on diplomacy. john mccain criticized the president for saying he would seek to speak directly to the leaders of iran but president obama has now broken america's 34 year isolati
. >> a foreign policy breakthrough for president obama and the world. an unprecedented agreement with iran. >> iran is bent on building. >> the nuclear issue is is a problem. >> my central goal is to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons. >> the u.s. and its allies signed an historic agreement. >> these are substantial limitations. >> this deal freezes iran's nuclear program. >> and it allows for daily inspections. >> daily inspections...
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credibility his legacy and ten years of american failed foreign policy in the middle east go ahead . there's there is no doubt that there is a a real risk that the administration could get caught up in a dynamic that takes it much farther into the syrian conflict then i think the president wants to go or the u.s. military and the pentagon want to go that is certainly a risk of that but i think is is inherent in the situation but i do believe that the intention at this point is definitely to avoid it and so i think that it does pose both that risk that we've just talked about and another risk which is that the united states carries out a writ a strike which simply provokes counter measures and you know perhaps including the ones that rififi just talked about that is some heavier repression heavier strikes against that are going to fall on civilians as well as of course an international dimension of escalation which we simply at this point cannot accurately predict it's impossible as it always is to predict the full consequences of the use of force by the united states military and i t
credibility his legacy and ten years of american failed foreign policy in the middle east go ahead . there's there is no doubt that there is a a real risk that the administration could get caught up in a dynamic that takes it much farther into the syrian conflict then i think the president wants to go or the u.s. military and the pentagon want to go that is certainly a risk of that but i think is is inherent in the situation but i do believe that the intention at this point is definitely to...
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at the popular level, the level where people with an interest in foreign policy, i think there is quite a shared set of views about the world we are in after afghanistan. i think public opinion is the same way, in the same direction, so i do not see the house of commons vote as having a negative impact on u.k.-u.s. relations, and that accounted for the president says the tatian and uncertainty in the policy. the long term would not be affected. you do not think it was just being polite? think so.o not i think actually for both countries, there is a long-term issue about taking action in the world and whether we are going to remain actively involved in world affairs. i do not mean from that amazed apple boots on the ground answer to the world's problems, but are we going to be actively involved, and that often involves the security and the political element as well as the traditional economic ties in world affairs, and i think there is a question about that in britain, whether our political leadership in this house and also in government has the stomach for the sorts of decisions and iss
at the popular level, the level where people with an interest in foreign policy, i think there is quite a shared set of views about the world we are in after afghanistan. i think public opinion is the same way, in the same direction, so i do not see the house of commons vote as having a negative impact on u.k.-u.s. relations, and that accounted for the president says the tatian and uncertainty in the policy. the long term would not be affected. you do not think it was just being polite? think...
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but my priority has changed how the country changed to foreign policy. i thought obama -- even though i voted for the party at ron paul to ron republicans did paul at the convention was disgusting. the party because -- took over the republican party. that's a jewish movement. controls the foreign policy. is led by the nose by netanyahu and they were horrible. who's the biggest influence the white house outside of the political realm. >> strong opposition to iran at iran deal.on the six months for now will some how much pressure is being applied for the pro israel israeli d the government. he governs on an insular way, it's a phrase used a lot. he keeps his own counsel, he listens to a small amount of people. e pays attention to the democratic base. he raises a lot of money for the midterm elections. responsive quite a bit to democratic concerns. is. he pays careful attention b to the government, and the allies.l lot has to do with the ideology and the importance he places on the security. or sure if it's overstated bigger than is outsized. it's an me tim
but my priority has changed how the country changed to foreign policy. i thought obama -- even though i voted for the party at ron paul to ron republicans did paul at the convention was disgusting. the party because -- took over the republican party. that's a jewish movement. controls the foreign policy. is led by the nose by netanyahu and they were horrible. who's the biggest influence the white house outside of the political realm. >> strong opposition to iran at iran deal.on the six...
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it has emancipatory election of islamic governance and a strong commitment to foreign policy. this model is what a majority of iranians living inside their country one. they don't want a political order rounded and secular liberalism. they want to generate a political order that reflects their cultural values. they want freedom and independence and progress in the context of national identity. that is what the islamic republic offers them the chance to pursue. this was the difference of them in the constitution and even though the iranians who want the islamic republic to revolve in significant ways come at the end of the day even most of those iranians in the course of our visits, a number of those policymakers that we talked to have pointed out to us that they don't call themselves an islamic state. that implies that iranians know that they have not obtained. enron, the islamic republic is by definition something that is very much a work in progress. and they have made progress in a number of impressive ways. contrary to deeply rooted but ill-informed western stereotypes. th
it has emancipatory election of islamic governance and a strong commitment to foreign policy. this model is what a majority of iranians living inside their country one. they don't want a political order rounded and secular liberalism. they want to generate a political order that reflects their cultural values. they want freedom and independence and progress in the context of national identity. that is what the islamic republic offers them the chance to pursue. this was the difference of them in...
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>> we have had from the outset of the administration a very strong group of foreign policy principles. and none of whom would be, quote unquote, drowned out. we have at the principals committee that i led here, you would have the vice president of the united states, joe biden, secretary clinton, general petraeus, leon panetta, bob gates before him, richard holbrook when he was with us. it was a very strong group of principals. and indeed one of the things that i am quite happy with over the last four and a half years is that we have not had the historical norm. the historical norm is that you have a tremendous amount of public conflict among very high-profile and strong-willed national security principals. we haven't had that in this administration, very little of that. the reason i think is, is that president obama has insisted that we run a process here where it's effective, views are heard and the president gets them directly. so i just think that's wrong. i think we've run a process here that has been fair, where the evidence is overwhelming that the principals thought that it was
>> we have had from the outset of the administration a very strong group of foreign policy principles. and none of whom would be, quote unquote, drowned out. we have at the principals committee that i led here, you would have the vice president of the united states, joe biden, secretary clinton, general petraeus, leon panetta, bob gates before him, richard holbrook when he was with us. it was a very strong group of principals. and indeed one of the things that i am quite happy with over...
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both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and convinced international which is a great strength. >> based on that, the pivot to asia is in the confirmation hearings and he said i'm not convinced that a ramp up in the asia-pacific area is critical yet. that is something i want to look at very carefully. when you hear that and we talk about what experience level he is bringing here especiall
both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is...
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>> it's not a john kerry foreign policy. that's the point. this is the most withholding, controlling foreign policy president since richard nixon. barack obama dominates. he doesn't delegate. and john kerry will face two major challenges. number one, the cruel and unforgiving world in which america now operates. particularly in the region your reporter just referred to the middle east april. divided into migraine headaches on one side and root candle on the other. this is a difference functional region in which we're stuck and cannot fix. so that's reality number one. the second is the president. you want to been effective secretary of state? henry kissinger, james baker, you have to persuade your president to let you own a big issue, and that just carry out your policy -- you'll re carrying out the president's policy but you as secretary of state help shape the substance of that policy and that remains to be seen. >> he'll attempt to fill big shoes, and you wondering what the differences will be between nat secretary of state and the current
>> it's not a john kerry foreign policy. that's the point. this is the most withholding, controlling foreign policy president since richard nixon. barack obama dominates. he doesn't delegate. and john kerry will face two major challenges. number one, the cruel and unforgiving world in which america now operates. particularly in the region your reporter just referred to the middle east april. divided into migraine headaches on one side and root candle on the other. this is a difference...
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policy than obama has. i'm outraged by the intrusion it shows. the reason obama has sunk below the support level, the level if a stock goes below it looks like it could hit the floor. it had been on the left and among the young. i've discovered in extensive talks with my sons and his friend, not necessarily conservative. liberal young people are a palled by the government and have deep disappointment to obama. it's driven them to apathy. that's why numbers are going historically low. he lost the support he had. he's below support levels. >> in june the president said about the programs that they prevented some 55 attacks. according to the latest report done by his own administration and the group that looked into the nsa program. the use was not essential to preventing attacks and could have been obtained in the conventional section of 215 orders. there's questions about what he said it did back in june. the press secretary stands behind it. the trustworthy think may not just be do you have your plan period
policy than obama has. i'm outraged by the intrusion it shows. the reason obama has sunk below the support level, the level if a stock goes below it looks like it could hit the floor. it had been on the left and among the young. i've discovered in extensive talks with my sons and his friend, not necessarily conservative. liberal young people are a palled by the government and have deep disappointment to obama. it's driven them to apathy. that's why numbers are going historically low. he lost...
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much more on the president's foreign-policy. and time magazine taking a cheap shot on governor christie. all of that and more with the "a-team" next. ♪ lou: president obama swapping out joe biden for hillary clinton. where did you hear that first? that's right. right here. best-selling author ed klein wrote that one right here, and he has more next. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pil. [ woman ] i'd be...
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that's a foreign policy view of what's going on. we also get a lot of oil from the middle east. >> we do zoosh on a purely sort of economic front we are tied to the middle east with our petroleum-based economy. so it is interesting to me that there is not more of a seeming fire in the belly, as it were, on the part of the administration to deal with this part of the world. >> well, it's -- and it's becoming increasingly a place of unrest. i mean, richard engel has spoken about what he calls a band of conflict, which is basically from lebanon through syria into iraq, and if you look at what's happened also in northern africa, you know, nobody really talked that much about what happened in algeria last month. the terrorist attack there and the natural gas field, you know, there is increasingly it seems there is cooperation, regionally among extremists and the danger is spreading, and so it does need attention, and it needs it now. >> but just on cohen's op ed, it's not that the president just doesn't want -- is too busy to deal with t
that's a foreign policy view of what's going on. we also get a lot of oil from the middle east. >> we do zoosh on a purely sort of economic front we are tied to the middle east with our petroleum-based economy. so it is interesting to me that there is not more of a seeming fire in the belly, as it were, on the part of the administration to deal with this part of the world. >> well, it's -- and it's becoming increasingly a place of unrest. i mean, richard engel has spoken about what...
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max boot on foreign-policy. bradley shear worker rights in the workplace. >> as secretary i have no greater priority responsibility. as i have said many times, i take responsibility. nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to be the state department -- to leave the state department safer and more secure. it meant moving quickly to respond to the immediate crisis, but also to further protect our people in high threat areas across the region and the world. host: we will get your reaction this morning to hillary clinton's testimony yesterday. we do expect misses clinton on capitol hill again today as john kerry has his hearing to replace her. for the first 45 minutes, we will get your reaction to the testimony. what's being written and on television. this is your chance to weigh in on what happened yesterday. democ here is the front page of "the washington times." the headline says "tears and rage on benghazi." we begin with an exchange between the secretary and senator ron johnson. [video c
max boot on foreign-policy. bradley shear worker rights in the workplace. >> as secretary i have no greater priority responsibility. as i have said many times, i take responsibility. nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to be the state department -- to leave the state department safer and more secure. it meant moving quickly to respond to the immediate crisis, but also to further protect our people in high threat areas across the region and the world. host: we...
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foreign policy, different approach on foreign policy. the tenants have not changed. we will insist on our rights. we will not negotiation or compromise on the rights of the iranian people. but we believe this can be achieved best through constru constructive engagement. the window of opportunity is a limited window. i believe the west needs to they believe that the west has applied that there has been pressure on iranians because they tried to exercise their right amend they believe this needs to be changed. >> i see your rationale. you would like to see iran delivering on the promises it made. you know that now you will be planet? >> we have been scrutinized. >> exactly they have been searching iran up and down in and out for the past 10 years, probably more than they have searched any other country on the face of this earth. and they have not found a single evidence of dye version of our nuclear program into anything but peaceful purposes. so we are not worried. we know that our program is transparent. we know that our program is exclusively for peaceful purposes.
foreign policy, different approach on foreign policy. the tenants have not changed. we will insist on our rights. we will not negotiation or compromise on the rights of the iranian people. but we believe this can be achieved best through constru constructive engagement. the window of opportunity is a limited window. i believe the west needs to they believe that the west has applied that there has been pressure on iranians because they tried to exercise their right amend they believe this needs...
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policy --erever wherever possible, foreign policy should be bipartisan. i think it strengthens us and the president, and it is important we keep this in a bipartisan fashion, but i think the reality was that this was very iffy. it was not wrong for them to get involved. israel is in a very difficult area, and what happens in syria, is very important to israel. the bordereights is between syria and israel. i think the pro-israel community, if they decide to get involved with this, did the right thing, and the reaching is not just on the democratic arty or republican party. this is really across party lines. i think they have built the most effective lobbying force of any organization on capitol hill, with strong ties and influence in both the democratic caucus and the republican caucus. i think it was appropriate to we involved, and i think will never know what would have happened because the agreement that the president agreed to, with russia and syria is a good agreement. it is good that this happened. but it troubles me that assad is in power after all
policy --erever wherever possible, foreign policy should be bipartisan. i think it strengthens us and the president, and it is important we keep this in a bipartisan fashion, but i think the reality was that this was very iffy. it was not wrong for them to get involved. israel is in a very difficult area, and what happens in syria, is very important to israel. the bordereights is between syria and israel. i think the pro-israel community, if they decide to get involved with this, did the right...
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foreign policy blunder in history the united states in terms of what we're paying the price we're paying for this is we've now elevated iran to the most powerful country in the middle east middle east it was a terrible mistake it was just a gross blunder and so you know to get to trust the people who got us into this to get us out of it is probably not a good idea but if the laws being broken doesn't matter who is at the helm of then . the laws being broken by the government you know it's not clear to me the government's breaking the law that's the problem is the law itself which was passed under bush and cheney pfizer pfizer core doesn't work one side is presented it's like it functions more like a grand jury than a dozen court that's wrong it shouldn't be that way the needs of the checks and balances on the pfizer court there needs to be the opportunity for people who even if it can't be the obviously the targets of the investigations that ought to be an advocacy group or and have even paid by the government a defender general as it were which most of the states have that would make th
foreign policy blunder in history the united states in terms of what we're paying the price we're paying for this is we've now elevated iran to the most powerful country in the middle east middle east it was a terrible mistake it was just a gross blunder and so you know to get to trust the people who got us into this to get us out of it is probably not a good idea but if the laws being broken doesn't matter who is at the helm of then . the laws being broken by the government you know it's not...
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i was good to us foreign policy and it's an expert on iran. so i suspect that the link. she believes obama's latest name to indicate some more i was obama is sending very clear message to tehran. that's what a great name and it does make the thin on in the future cannot be trusted as it was not present in the past negotiations started with afghanistan since the twenty seven saying that they do not say that. it was like to meet you and him sit there and sing the nonproliferation treaty to see us in that context i don't think it was ever any beyond desire to bring an end to his last visit with it prawns for peace to accept what is called a fool's day in sharing talks on iran's nuclear program and was windy day in football team and treatment. national affairs columnist for the galician nice paper. jonathan steele explained or even these prices whine about. this has convinced itself that iran is meddling in the region which was traditionally used in colonial times on the french influence and syria lebanon and they feel they took a very hawkish line against the boks are outsi
i was good to us foreign policy and it's an expert on iran. so i suspect that the link. she believes obama's latest name to indicate some more i was obama is sending very clear message to tehran. that's what a great name and it does make the thin on in the future cannot be trusted as it was not present in the past negotiations started with afghanistan since the twenty seven saying that they do not say that. it was like to meet you and him sit there and sing the nonproliferation treaty to see us...
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policy consensus in washington in the halls of power in western capitals drive foreign policy decisions particularly when it comes to iran israel and syria is public opinion constructed to fit the interests of special groups and lobbies and is american foreign policy in the country's own interest. to cross-talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guests in washington judith kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book going to to run why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just the two of us and myself could cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flint if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play hegemonic role in the mid
policy consensus in washington in the halls of power in western capitals drive foreign policy decisions particularly when it comes to iran israel and syria is public opinion constructed to fit the interests of special groups and lobbies and is american foreign policy in the country's own interest. to cross-talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guests in washington judith kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he...
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policy. just now i spoke on the phone with president rowhani of the islamic republic of iran. the two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over iran's nuclear program. i reiterated to president rowhani what i said in new york, while there were surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution. i've directed secretary kerry to continue pursuing this effort with the iranian government. we had constructive discussions in new york with our partners, the european union, the united kingdom, france, germany and russia and china, together with the iranian foreign minister. going forward president rowhani and i directed our teams to continue working expeditiously in cooperation with the p5plus 1. we'll stay in touch with friends and allies in the region, including israel. we're mindful of the challenges ahead. the very fact that this was the first communications between and american airanian presi
policy. just now i spoke on the phone with president rowhani of the islamic republic of iran. the two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over iran's nuclear program. i reiterated to president rowhani what i said in new york, while there were surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, i believe we can reach a comprehensive solution. i've directed secretary kerry to continue pursuing this effort with the iranian government. we had...
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foreign policy you only have to look at egypt for that you know that's all we do is deal with the military and they don't even listen to us it's a complete and total failure i agree with you on that i do however think in the case of this humanitarian catastrophe and grows violation of international law human rights in every standard you can think of that there needs to be a big response from the united states and i think there has to be some kind of targeted military aspirants kompany by use you know using that as pressure to get the sides to the bargaining table i don't see what all right well thanks you've run out of time to get i hope so i hope all you want to call it will push for diplomacy many thanks indeed my guests in washington and in new york thanks to our viewers for watching us here narky see you next time and remember problem. is the illegal so we leave the. oceans for. a look at the there's the. shoes that no one is there with to get that you deserve answers from. well know polder my language as well but i will only react to situations i haven't read the reports first so let
foreign policy you only have to look at egypt for that you know that's all we do is deal with the military and they don't even listen to us it's a complete and total failure i agree with you on that i do however think in the case of this humanitarian catastrophe and grows violation of international law human rights in every standard you can think of that there needs to be a big response from the united states and i think there has to be some kind of targeted military aspirants kompany by use...
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about foreign policy. more than ever before, the decisions that we make from the safety of our shores don't just ripple outwards, but they also create a current right here in america. how we conduct our foreign policy matters more than ever before to our everyday lives, to the opportunities of all the students i met standing outside, would every year they are here, -- whatever year they are here, thinking about the future. it is important not just in terms of the correct that we face but the products that we buy, the good that we sell, and the opportunities that we provide for economic growth and vitality. it's not just about whether we will be compelled to send our troops to another battle, but whether we will be able to send our graduates into a thriving workforce. that's what i am here today. i'm here because our lives as americans are more intertwined than ever before with the lives of people in parts of the world that we may have never visited. and the global challenge is of diplomacy, development, ec
about foreign policy. more than ever before, the decisions that we make from the safety of our shores don't just ripple outwards, but they also create a current right here in america. how we conduct our foreign policy matters more than ever before to our everyday lives, to the opportunities of all the students i met standing outside, would every year they are here, -- whatever year they are here, thinking about the future. it is important not just in terms of the correct that we face but the...
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he happens to be a friend and the most important adviser on domestic and foreign policy. i like him. when he back is up against the wall, he has my back. i have been in this town long enough to know that folks like to seem important by getting their version of events in the press. or in books or what have you. that's just kind of part of the atmosphere. >> did you and the vice president talk? >> absolutely. i told him and he knows and believes me. i would not be here if it weren't for the support i had from joe biden. he is a personal friend and adviser. it's one of the best decisions i ever made. selecting him as vice president. couldn't be prouder of the job he has done. >> a lot more of the interview including what the president said is the biggest lesson from the health care roll out. you will hear the words procurement. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. and gets 2x the points at restaurants huh the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points on entertainment, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards if yand you're talking toevere rh
he happens to be a friend and the most important adviser on domestic and foreign policy. i like him. when he back is up against the wall, he has my back. i have been in this town long enough to know that folks like to seem important by getting their version of events in the press. or in books or what have you. that's just kind of part of the atmosphere. >> did you and the vice president talk? >> absolutely. i told him and he knows and believes me. i would not be here if it weren't...
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and it's, again, part of the genius of its foreign policy. they know the americans are there, and so why spend millions or billions of dollars in the same way that the emirates or the saudis do on hardware? in fact, in wikileaks there's a very interesting cable in which one of the high-ranking qatari military commanders complains to the americans and says, my budget keeps getting cut, and i want more budget, and it's cut by 10%. which is really interesting because the government was secure in its, in the fact that the united states is there, so why bother spending money on military hardware. having said that, recently they've placed a couple of major military purchases. um, having said all of this, for the last 35 years all of the states of the gulf cooperation council have capitalized on america's tensions with iran. they have seen u.s./iranian tensions as an opportunity to position themselves as america's allies, as america's reliable allies with the former ally, iran, being a pariah state. the former ally, iraq, being the pariah state and
and it's, again, part of the genius of its foreign policy. they know the americans are there, and so why spend millions or billions of dollars in the same way that the emirates or the saudis do on hardware? in fact, in wikileaks there's a very interesting cable in which one of the high-ranking qatari military commanders complains to the americans and says, my budget keeps getting cut, and i want more budget, and it's cut by 10%. which is really interesting because the government was secure in...
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foreign policy towards the asia pacific. you mentioned china and the need to push this strategic and economic dialogue. you had a strategic part which was important. but that the same time you were a very forceful advocate for the allies in southeast asia, the philippines, singapore, etc.. how do you balance wanting to send a positive message to the allies with the fact that this is pretty suspicious. did you feel this in the meetings with the chinese leaders? >> i did, and there were concerns on the part of the chinese leadership over what this meant. but when i planned the first trip and presented the strategy to the white house, i wanted to integrate what were different strands of the involvement. there was a very strong argument that a rising china has to be the central focus of american foreign policy in the asia-pacific and increasingly even globally. the hope being that through that kind of involvement we could move towards china becoming a responsible stakeholder. there were the traditional allies. we have treaty all
foreign policy towards the asia pacific. you mentioned china and the need to push this strategic and economic dialogue. you had a strategic part which was important. but that the same time you were a very forceful advocate for the allies in southeast asia, the philippines, singapore, etc.. how do you balance wanting to send a positive message to the allies with the fact that this is pretty suspicious. did you feel this in the meetings with the chinese leaders? >> i did, and there were...
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whether it be social domestic or foreign policy work. next question is from oksana boyko the president of our new show she moved into presenting up to several years of reporting for our team which to me iran is a great example of how you can create extreme tension and mutual relations by blowing out of proportion some insignificant differences the iranian nuclear issue that everyone's been talking about for the last decade basically relies only on some vague suspicions tehran is partially to blame for the tension build up but the root of the problem is the stance of washington their signature foreign policy principal friend and foe divide russia has a good record of avoiding tension in relations with other countries your public statements indicate that you know the cost of admitting it so where is the line for you between avoiding an all out confrontation that could have an impact on russian security and maintaining our principled position which could to be critical to our security but first i've repeatedly voice russia's official stance
whether it be social domestic or foreign policy work. next question is from oksana boyko the president of our new show she moved into presenting up to several years of reporting for our team which to me iran is a great example of how you can create extreme tension and mutual relations by blowing out of proportion some insignificant differences the iranian nuclear issue that everyone's been talking about for the last decade basically relies only on some vague suspicions tehran is partially to...
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certainly, the practice of foreign policy in the last five years has shown they need to use allies around the world in order to get and achieve things in the world, unless they have that sort of functioning relationship. i think that the backdrop that the previous committee was operating under has changed somewhat in just the way the obama administration, not only in relation to the u.k., but more broadly, talks about the world and talks about the building blocks of american influence and power. >> the fact that you can describe not one inquiry but to inquiries by this committee much of a valuable witness you are. thank you very much for coming on. it is appreciated. meeting closed. our series continues monday as we look at first lady pat nixon. "> "washington journal continues. host: we are back with congresswoman vicky hartzler. let me begin with "the wall street journal and the headline that senator mitch mcconnell came over to the house republicans for your weekly meeting yesterday and said we need to stand firm on the spending cuts on sequestration, and let it happen, even if it mean
certainly, the practice of foreign policy in the last five years has shown they need to use allies around the world in order to get and achieve things in the world, unless they have that sort of functioning relationship. i think that the backdrop that the previous committee was operating under has changed somewhat in just the way the obama administration, not only in relation to the u.k., but more broadly, talks about the world and talks about the building blocks of american influence and...
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and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings of the holocaust. not quite yet lethal but in terms of arrest of jews, persecution of jews, my father was giving polish passports illegally to german juice. then he served in the war, a war of democratic, with the world divided into a democratic camp and a totalitarian camp. and those two camps engaged in a competition which could have broken out at any moment and through nuclear weapons. when i was in the white house we knew if we had a war with the soviet union within a few hours about 85 million people would be dead. and that's a reality under which we operated. >> so one other question. you have three child
and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings...
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the authority to change foreign policy. the power makeup in your country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the strategies. if you are asking me about his performance over the last few months, then i'm satisfied. >> reporter: he has already done what many thought impossible. ended 34 years of official silence between washington and tehran. others warn foreign policy must be on iran's terms. >> translator: the u.s. wants iran to be a member of the world which it designed, but we don't accept it. if our ties are going to be normal, the u.s. should change its interactions with iran, and i don't think the political atmosphere of society has reached the point where people or the government will accept a condescending or unequal relationship. >> reporter: the foreign policy has not shifted with respect to how it relates to its allies. while the nuclear issue has dominated the first days of the president's time in office. international sanctions have had age pact on iran's economy. the president's main foreig
the authority to change foreign policy. the power makeup in your country is set up in a way that the president is the executer of the strategies. if you are asking me about his performance over the last few months, then i'm satisfied. >> reporter: he has already done what many thought impossible. ended 34 years of official silence between washington and tehran. others warn foreign policy must be on iran's terms. >> translator: the u.s. wants iran to be a member of the world which it...